Lace-making holder.



PATENTED MAR. 6, 1906.

C. MANTZ.

LAGE MAKING HOLDER.

APPLIUATION FILED MARR, 1905.

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CATHERINE MANTZ, OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS.

LACE-MAKING HOLDER.

To' a/ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CATHERINE MANTZ, a residing at Pe- Oria, in thecounty of Peoria and State of Illinois, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Lace-Making Holders, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to the art of netting, and more particularly tothe manufacture of hand-made lacework.

To this end the invention has special reference to an improvedlace-making holder comprising simple and practical means whichfacilitate the preparation and. formation of lacework in variouspatterns.

The invention contemplates an improved form of lace-making holder whichrequires less skill than in the manipulation of other types oflace-making holders or frames in common use and also permits the lace tobe made much moreA rapidly than ordinarily. Furthermore, the improvedholder admits of a great number of designs in size, pattern, and shapeand generally provides simple and expeditious means for making Brazilianpoint, Tenerie, Taoro, and filet guipure laces, and all laces of thatcharacter.

Another distinctive feature of the invention resides in the fact thatthe opencenter type of holder permits working the lace freely on eitherside without the necessity of a crooked needle, and, furthermore,permits the lace to be washed and pressed after completion beforeremoving from the holder or ame.

The essental features of the invention involved in carrying out theabove objects are susceptible to structural modification withoutdeparting from the scope of the invention; but a preferred embodiment ofthe latter is shown in the ,accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 isa plan view of a lace-making holder constructed in accordance with ythepresent invention and illustrating a piece of lacework completedthereon. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail sectionall view of la fragment ofthe holder or frame, showing more clearly the manner of fastening and.working the' lace on the work-holding loops. Fig. 3 is a plan view ofthe complete lace-making holder ready for use. Fig. 4 is across-sectional view of the holder with the lacework thereon.

Like reference-numerals designate corresponding parts in the severalfigures of the drawings.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed March 7, 1905. SerialNo. 248,925.

Patented March 6, 1906.

In carrying out the invention the holder l (designated in its entiretybythe numeral l) is preferably in the form of an annular or opencenterframe which is made from aluminium, celluloid, wood, or othersuitablematerial. While in its preferable embodiment the opencenterframe or body l is of a true annular or circular form, it will beunderstood that in the employment of the term annular the same isintended to comprehend a continuous open-center frame or hoop. In thisaspect the open-center frame may obviously be circular, square,hexagonal, octagonal, or other common modifications of a true circle orannulus without affecting the essential feature of the invention.

In all embodiments oi the invention the frame 1 is formed with anenlarged cut-outcenter opening 2 to provide the open-center formation,and the frame or rim 1 itself is usually about one-half inch in widthand preferably Hat upon both sides for convenience in handling.

The annular or open-center frame l is provided therein with a continuousseries of Stringing-holes 3, arranged near the inner edge of the frameand extending continuously around the same at equal distances apart. Anyeven number of stringing--holes may be employed. Also in addition to thecontinuous series of Stringing-holes 3 the frame 1 is further providedwith sup llemental fastening perforations 4, locatedp at diametricallyopposite points outside of the plane of the series of holes 3.

The series of Stringing-holes 3 are designed to receive therein a lineof threads 5, stitched continuously through the holes, preferably in adouble back or chain stitch,which forms at one side of the frame aseries of work-holding thread-loops 6, to which loops the lacework 7 isfastened and worked, as plainly shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings.

The employment of the Stringing-holes and work-holding thread-loopscarried` thereby subserve the useful function in doing away with the useof pins and a cushion, such as commonly resorted to in makinglace. Theline of stitched loops renders it possible to make the lacework firmerand more uniform than heretofore, and, furthermore, aords the very bestpossible support for holding the lacework firm and stretched in itsfinished condition, so that it can be Washed and pressed through theopen center of the frame l before removing the latter.

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When ready to remove the lacework, it is simply necessary to out theline of stitched threads 5 to release the lace.

A further advantage of the open-center construction referred to residesin the fact that the lace can be freely Worked from either side of theframewithout the necessity of employing a crooked needle. y

The diametrically opposite fastening perforations 4 provide simple meansfor fastening or anchoring the ends of the line of stitched threads 5and also of the lacework at the starting-point.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed, and desired to besecured by Letters Patent, is

A lace-making holder consisting of an annular or open frame providedwith a continuous series of Stringing-holes arranged in proximalrelation to the inner edge of the frame, said frame being furtherprovided with supplemental fastening perforations located outside of theplane of the Stringing-holes, and a series of Work-holding loopsfastened in the stringing-holes and affording points on which thelaceWork is fastened and Worked.

In testimony whereof I afi-'1X my signature in presence of tWoWitnesses.

CATHERINE* MANTZ. Witnesses J. M. RAI-IN, I. P. MANTZ.

